D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Imprudence

/ĭmˌ-pro͞od'-əns/ · Im·pru·dence · IPA /ɪmˈpɹuːdn̩s/
01 n. The quality or state of being imprudent; want to caution, circumspection, or a due regard to consequences; indiscretion; inconsideration; r…
  1. 1.
    The quality or state of being imprudent; want to caution, circumspection, or a due regard to consequences; indiscretion; inconsideration; rashness; also, an imprudent act; as, he was guilty of an imprudence.
    “His serenity was interrupted, perhaps, by his own imprudence.” — Mickle.